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Post: Pionus Wheezing

Posted by Janice on 3/22/07

I have a White-Capped Pionus. Sometimes when I am petting
him he wheezes. So I back off and he comes following and
asks me to continue petting his head. Now, I have heard
that they wheeze if they are frightened or nervous (he is
a rehome and did wheeze quite a bit in the beginning but
has now calmed down)... but is it possible that he could
be wheezing because he is content??

At first I thought it was just because he was fed up of
being petted, so I stopped, but then he asked for
scritches again.

Also, it is a Pionus thing to bend their heads so far down
it touches their perch when they want scratches?
Sometimes when I ask him to step up he just sits tight and
leans his head agianst my finger and fluffs up. I've
never had a bird who's done this before... he just wedges
himself on his perch and almost demands to be petted...

Thanks.

Posts on this thread, including this one

Pionus Wheezing, 3/22/07, by Janice.

Re: Pionus Wheezing, 3/26/07, by Rose.